When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...

In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have achieved the first experimental observation of a ...

Materials scientists at Rice University and collaborators have developed a material that uses light to break down a range of ...

Today, oceans cover about 70% of Earth’s surface. This stark contrast has long driven scientific interest in how water ...

Earth's deep mantle stored enough water in rocks to equal one ocean during our planet's early molten days, helping explain ...

This achievement led to the identification of a previously unknown crystallization pathway in water and resulted in the ...

Decreasing precipitation and rising populations could bring a perfect storm of water shortages for the United States. Where is our water going? A thunderstorm sweeps across Nevada, a state in which ...

Saturn's huge moon Titan may not hide an ocean under its frozen surface but rather widespread pockets of liquid water, a new study finds. Titan is the largest of the 274 known moons orbiting Saturn.

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long ...

Structure-based drug design is the design and optimization of a chemical structure with the goal of identifying a compound suitable for clinical testing — a drug candidate. It is based on knowledge of ...

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